Adriano Emperado's top black belt

Just a brain teaser someone tossed at me. The question is: When Emperado passed on, who was his top black belt?
Anyone have the answer to this?
I want to say it was Ed Parker. Can anyone confirm this?
Thanks much.
kk_grl

Re: Adriano Emperado's top black belt

Originally Posted by kajukenpo_grl

Just a brain teaser someone tossed at me. The question is: When Emperado passed on, who was his top black belt?
Anyone have the answer to this?
I want to say it was Ed Parker. Can anyone confirm this?
Thanks much.
kk_grl

I don't think that Mr. Parker listed Mr. Emperado as his 'instructor' per-say. He always spoke of Mr. Chow as his Kempo instructor.
BUT: I'd always heard that Mr. Paker and Mr. Emerado had a heck of a rapport together and that they definitely exchanged/shared ideas... knowing how Mr. Parker was a GREAT student, learning from everyone and everything that he could, I'm sure he gained a great deal through his experiences with the great Mr. Emperado.........whom, as I understand it, was FULL of knowledge and experience.

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Re: Adriano Emperado's top black belt

Thank you,
After doing a little research after posting my message, i came to find that exact answer. The answer to the brain teaser was that he had not passed on but Joe Emerado did in 1958.
Thanks again for posting tho!
kk_grl

Re: Adriano Emperado's top black belt

Originally Posted by kajukenpo_grl

Thank you,
After doing a little research after posting my message, i came to find that exact answer. The answer to the brain teaser was that he had not passed on but Joe Emerado did in 1958.
Thanks again for posting tho!
kk_grl

Hi kk_grl,

Yes that is a common mistake when reading and finding something that you are not familiar with or just learning.
The brain teaser or the riddle or koan...Or just a mistake.

I see sometimes in print on various web sites, a reference to Sonny.

Now if you are thinking of Sonny Gascon and some one has not made it clear when using the word "Sonny" they could have been talking about Sijo Adriano Emperado.

Re: Adriano Emperado's top black belt

Yes that is a common mistake when reading and finding something that you are not familiar with or just learning.
The brain teaser or the riddle or koan...Or just a mistake.

I see sometimes in print on various web sites, a reference to Sonny.

Now if you are thinking of Sonny Gascon and some one has not made it clear when using the word "Sonny" they could have been talking about Sijo Adriano Emperado.

Regards, Gary

PS. I like your signature.

Gary,
Ahhh, now that I did not know. Thank you! I am just now starting to look into the background of the style I study and I must say, it all has caught my interest right away. I've searched so many sites looking for information and not all are the same but have similar concepts.
Thanks for looking out!
kk_grl
p.s. As unbelieveable as it may sound, my signature came from Mortal Combat Deadly Alliance. I was playing with my nephew when it cam accross the screen. It just kind of stuck with me since then.

Re: Adriano Emperado's top black belt

Originally Posted by CHA3KENPO

Marino Tiwanak was Emperado's FIRST black belt. After Tiwanak challenged him and lost he joined him.

Actually, Marino Tiwanak was Emperado's first student to go from white belt to black belt. So he is often referred to as Adriano's first black belt.
But in reality his younger brother, Joe Emperado was his first black belt. Joe had gone up to green with Prof. Chow, and was promoted to brown and then black by Adriano when they started the Palama Settlement school. He received his black belt in 1952. The next black belt would have been Tiwanak in 55-56.

Re: Adriano Emperado's top black belt

lucky for me when i competed at the internationals in California in 1990 i was fortunate enough to meet sijo emperado he was very nice. unfortunately for me i was 16yrs old and knew of him but not the important role he has played in my own kenpo history. i really enjoyed your history post and i am definitely going to investigate the kajukenbo connection more closely.
thanks
Jason Arnold
CANADA

Re: Adriano Emperado's top black belt

Originally Posted by John Bishop

Actually, Marino Tiwanak was Emperado's first student to go from white belt to black belt. So he is often referred to as Adriano's first black belt.
But in reality his younger brother, Joe Emperado was his first black belt. Joe had gone up to green with Prof. Chow, and was promoted to brown and then black by Adriano when they started the Palama Settlement school. He received his black belt in 1952. The next black belt would have been Tiwanak in 55-56.

Thats right, I forgot about Joe because he started training with Chow.